what a beautiful day
So I feel the need to share a God moment. Today, I had be at work at 9 in the morning. God kept me up til 3 praying and reading and when 7 a.m came, I wanted to die. Well, i got to work and was immediately overwhelmed. I fought the temptation to get angry and stay angry for a while, and then a very confused woman took out her frustration on me. I did not, as the Lord would ask of us, stay patient and turn the other check. Instead spoke to her in a very condesending way and used sarcasim to deflate her smile. Sarcasim can be defined as "the ripping or tearing of flesh" and that is what my motive was.
After she left, completely unsatisfied and thanks to me, belittled, I patted myself on the back for my ability to make her feel bad so I wouldn't. I went on about my day and then God sent an angel into my store disguised as a curly headed, blue eyed, cute as a button, 6 year olf girl. She was just wondering (looking down at her hot pink flip flops with Piglet on them) if we had the new Winnie the Pooh Movie. I was immediately struck by her innocence and beauty. I wanted so badly to have a copy for her but they were all gone. She then said, "Well, Mommy and I are going to go home and make some cookies. I'll bring you some when we come back". I thanked her and she left. My mood was immediately better and I thanked God for parents that raise their children to be "good". The little girl did return 3 hours later with freshly baked, home-made, sugar cookies and a little bottle of milk. I regret to say that I still didn't have a Winnie the Pooh's Heffelump Movie for her.
God is amazing and I will continue to praise him for the little things he does. That little girl turned my whole day around in 2 minutes and God knew that. After that I couldn't stop thinking about how wonderfully and beautifully we are all made. There is a verse in Matthew that says that he knows the number of hairs on our heads. God knows every little thing about us. It says in Jeremiah 1:5 that "before I formed you in the womb I knew you. Before you were born I set you apart..." God is talking to Jeremiah, of course, but I think we can apply this to our lives too. I believe that all believers are set apart and appointed as the speakers for God. The question is, are we up for the task. Sometimes I feel like I could take on 1,000 agnostics and atheists at the same time and my faith would not be shaken. And then there are times like this morning when I couldn't hold tight to my God's hands and I floundered. The great thing is that God was watching and understood. He sent in a special ops unit to rescue me from Satan's grasp and lift me back up to God. Thank you. GO GOD!!